n. - A retired nook; especially, a small, sheltered inlet, creek, or bay; a recess in the shore.
n. - A strip of prairie extending into woodland; also, a recess in the side of a mountain.
n. - A concave molding.
n. - A member, whose section is a concave curve, used especially with regard to an inner roof or ceiling, as around a skylight.
v. t. - To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove.
v. t. - To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs.
n. - A boy or man of any age or station.